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FBI reveals man threatened to kill Queen Elizabeth during 1983 US trip
The FBI has recently revealed a potential threat to Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the United States in 1983.
The documents containing this information were made public on the FBI's records website.
It is important to note that Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September of last year, after a remarkable 70-year reign.
During her trip to the West Coast of the United States, which she embarked upon with her husband, Prince Philip, the queen stopped in San Francisco in March of 1983.
According to the FBI, a San Francisco police officer who frequented a bar commonly patronized by sympathizers of the Irish Republican Army received a phone call in February 1983.
The caller claimed that his daughter had been killed in Northern Ireland due to a rubber bullet.
The documents reveal that the man expressed his intention to “attempt to harm Queen Elizabeth” by either dropping an object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the queen's royal yacht or attempting to kill her during a visit to Yosemite National Park.
In response, the Secret Service planned to close the walkways of the bridge as the yacht approached.
Unfortunately, the names of both the police officer and the caller were redacted in the released documents.
Furthermore, it remains unknown whether any precautions were taken at Yosemite or if any arrests were made related to the threat.
However, a memo dated March 7, 1983, indicated that the queen completed her visit to the United States “without incident,” leading to the conclusion that no further investigation was deemed necessary.
Apart from this specific incident, the disclosed documents also highlighted other security concerns related to the queen's visits to various cities in the United States.
For instance, during her attendance at a Baltimore Orioles game in May 1991, accompanied by President George H.W.
